Day: July 19, 2011

Bull Ternus began weightlifting at the age of 16. After spending 20 years as a competitive powerlifter, he began competing in olympic lifting and has done so for the past 10 years. Bull has won the USA Weightlifting (USAW) Masters Nationals Championships and American Masters Championships, was the Silver Medalist in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Pan American Masters Championships and competes each year in the Arnold Weightlifting Championships. He has taught at several CrossFits in the National Capital Region and elsewhere, most recently at CrossFit Adaptation and CrossFit South Arlington. He is a USAW Club Coach and currently serves as the USA Weightlifting’s Ethics Committee Chair.

Bull is Lt. Colonel Bull Ternus, USAF, and has proudly served his country for over 28 years, most of which has been in Special Operations. Bull recently served more than a year as the Deputy Chief of the Future Special Operations Division on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. Prior to that he served as the Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff. He will soon begin school at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base.

CrossFit Montgomery welcomes Bull! We are honored to have him coaching the CrossFit Montgomery trainers. The trainers look forward to learning much!